Counselling offered after mom is accused of killing her 4 children

The Department of Social Development in Mpumalanga says it is already offering counselling to a family in which a mother is accused of killing her four children.

A 24-year-old woman from Klarinet at eMalahleni in Mpumalanga allegedly killed her four children just after the Christmas festivities.

The mother was a scheduled to appear before the eMalahleni Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday but failed to make an appearance.

It’s understood she has been admitted in hospital and treated for shock.

Acting Deputy Director of communications in the department Daisy Kwale says this tragic incident further highlights an urgent need for families and communities to seek help when in distress instead of keeping silent and only to act beyond comprehensible means.

She says their greatest sympathy goes to the grandmother of the victims, family, friends and those directly affected by the incident.

Kwale says mothers and parents are urged make use of available options in instances where they are unable to care for their children.

She is further advising them to hand over the children to authorities where they will ultimately be taken to a place of care and safety or where alternative foster parents can be an option.